The ‘Flamingo Test’…..

[Smowball]

Apparently, after extensive research on over 2000 people aged 50 - 75, it has been concluded that if you cannot stand on one leg for at least 10 seconds then you are 84% more likely to die within 10 years. Whose going to try it lol?

[bobbinwales]

Well I've not been able to doit... not for the last 10 years at least

[Smowball]

Lol, and you’re still here!!

[bobbinwales]

Yes but am only 16% of the man I was

[jno]

hard enough standing on two.

[Smowball]

It’s certainly a random test lol!

[jourdain2]

Well, I managed it on my right leg OK, but it was a near squeak on the left one! Not sure I can afford to live another 10 years. :) But the squidgy internal bits will probably see me off anyway!

[Buenchico]

Anyone thinking of trying it should note that it's apparently not sufficient just to stand on one leg. The raised foot has to be placed as illustrated here:
https://inews.co.uk/news/how-long-live-flamingo-test-1698415

The adventurous might prefer this version though!
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/health-fitness/10-second-flamingo-test-could-27289751

My own experimentation seems to show that I'm already dead. I wouldn't be able to get into the position shown in that second link even if I was lying flat on my bed. My attempts to balance in the position shown in the first link simply resulted in me keeling over in under a second!

[Smowball]

Oh I didn’t try it like that Chris lol.

[-SharonA-]

I can do it if I lean against the table....does that count?!

[Hopkirk]

Chris, you're supposed to do it sober.

[Buenchico]

^^^In that case, Hoppy, I'll never be able to do it ;-)

[Old_Geezer]

You have to be middle aged.
Anyone got a time machine (no not your Rolex).

[Cloverjo]

But, the description in Buenchico’s link doesn’t match the picture.
I read it as the front of your free foot resting against the calf of the other leg, but the pic shows the woman with the sole of her free foot against the side of the other leg.
Sorry to be pedantic.

I can do it either way. I won’t ask Husband to try it. I don’t think he’d manage half a second. Which is a bit worrying. He is 78 though.

[Smowball]

Sharon, that’s cheating lol!

[jno]

I can do it like the gal in the second picture - even crop out the shower rail like she has.

[Smowball]

I’m impressed jno!

[murraymints]

I have no sense of balance.. Guess I'm a gonner